a group of people transported to another place or part of the world; a collection of people associated with a craft, occupation, decorative art, etc.; a number of animals or plants in a group. See also community.
Colloquium
Colluvies
Colony
Column
Combination
Examples: colony of ants—Lipton; of artists; of auks [on land]; of avocets; of badgers; of bats; of bees; of beggars; of chinchilla; of cormorants; of frogs; of gulls; of ibises; of lepers; of mice; of monks; of musicians; of penguins; of sparrows; of voles; of vampires.